Future 2’s subsequent season is correct across the nook, and as at all times there are a ton of modifications coming to the MMO shooter. Bungie outlined a bunch of them in a brand new weblog put up, together with that it’s elevating the value of season passes from $10 to $12. It’s a small quantity within the scheme of issues that nonetheless factors to the rising prices of each producing the sport and of enjoying it full-time.
“As our groups proceed to put money into crafting compelling seasonal experiences for the yr of Lightfall, there’s a heads-up we wished to offer relating to a small improve within the standalone season go worth, starting with Season of the Deep,” the studio wrote in Could 4’s “This Week At Bungie” weblog put up. “This would be the new pricing for season passes in Lightfall’s yr for these trying to maximize their rewards with every new season, and we’ll be evaluating new approaches to post-launch content material within the yr of The Closing Form.”
The season go itself, which gamers purchase to unlock rank-up rewards in addition to seasonal actions and different content material, will go from 1,000 in-game Silver foreign money to 1,200. Paid rank-ups, in the meantime, will go from 2,000 Silver for 10 to 2,200. This pricing change can even solely apply to à la carte season go purchases. These that include the usual ($50) and deluxe editions ($100) of the newest Lightfall growth will stay the identical.
One factor value noting straight away, nonetheless, is that there’s no method to purchase these new quantities of Silver. The foreign money as a substitute is available in particular bundles of 500 for $5, 1,100 for $10, 2,300 for $20, 3,500 for $30, and 6,000 for $50. On the new costs, gamers will seemingly have to purchase at the very least $15 value of Silver (the five hundred bundle plus the 1,100 bundle) to get the quantity required for Season of the Deep, except they have already got present Silver mendacity round.
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The value hike comes as Lightfall bumped the value of annual expansions as much as $50 (the earlier ones, together with Witch Queen, have been all $40). Bungie has additionally been breaking out further Future 2 dungeons into their very own paid packages, and even outdated content material nonetheless comes at a price. Content material left over from Forsaken, a lot of which was faraway from the sport in 2022, nonetheless prices $20 regardless of being practically 5 years outdated at this level. 2020’s Past Mild is $30. If a brand new participant wished to leap into Future 2 right this moment and have entry to Lightfall and the entire outdated content material, it could price about $140.
On the similar time, these modifications are in step with broader online game worth will increase throughout the trade. The usual worth of blockbuster video games on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Collection X is now $70, and even The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, a Nintendo Change recreation, will probably be priced that top. Even some indie video games on Steam have introduced worth hikes, giving gamers an opportunity to purchase in earlier than they go into impact.
It nonetheless may be a troublesome tablet for some within the Future 2 group to swallow. The brand new $12 season go comes as Future 2 faces an uncommon variety of bugs following Lightfall’s launch. There’s additionally been an distinctive quantity of server downtime these days. It’s much less unusual than it was once to go online throughout a random weeknight and face error codes or unplanned upkeep as Bungie pushes out fixes.
The studio has mentioned to not count on Future 3 anytime quickly although. It’s extra more likely to announce one of many new tasks it’s been engaged on as its proprietor, Sony, appears to be like to publish a bunch extra live-service video games within the coming years.
